Franklin Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Powered-Lift Field

(formerly named "Outstanding VTOL Research" award)

Given to an individual or group for significant contribution to powered-lift technology (other than helicopters).

Franklin Award Recipients

2016: Multicopter UAS Wind Tunnel Test Team (Carl Russell, Jaewoo Jung, Gina Willink, Brett Glasner, Nili Gold, Steve Nance, Bruce Gesek, Bill Peneff, and Brian Chan)
2015:
2014: Army Advanced Design Office (Bruce Tenney, Mike Scully, Gerardo Nunez, Alex Moodie, Jeff Sinsay, Chris Silva, Robert Scott, Ernie Keen, Scott McMichael, Andrew Gallaher, Mac Dinning and Wayne Johnson)
2013: High Efficiency Tilt Rotor/Large Civil Tilt Rotor (HETR/LCTR) Wind Tunnel Test Team (Jeff Sinsay, Nili Gold, Ashley Pete, Alexander Amy, Gina Willink, and Colin Theodore)
2012: Kristina Jameson, Robert Fong, Craig Hange
2011: Carlos Malpica
2010: Wayne Johnson
2009: Chris Blanken and Bill Decker
2008: UH-60 LRTA/NFAC Check-out Test Team, led by Mark Betzina (USAF AEDC), Patrick Shinoda (Army AFDD), Thomas Norman (NASA) and Jeffrey Johnson (Jacobs Technology)
2007: Cecil W. Acree
2006:
2004/2005: Larry Young
2003:
2002: William S. Hindson
2001: James A. Franklin
2000: no award given (formerly named "Outstanding VTOL Research" award)
1999: no award given
1998: no award given
1997: no award given
1996: James A. Franklin
1995: John Foster, Ernesto Moralez III, Delamar Watson, Gordon Hardy
1994: James A. Franklin, Walter E. McNeill, William W.Y. Chung
1993: Larry Birckelbaw